AS/U Configuration Backup Procedure

It is recommended that a backup of the current AS/U environment be made before proceeding with a new installation. The SD install and asu_inst installation programs may alter or replace your current configuration files. Therefore, in order to be able to restore your current configuration, all files under /var/opt/asu/lanman and /etc/opt/asu/lanman must be backed up. In the following example, "$" represents the command prompt, and commands that are too long to fit on this printed page are indicated with "\" as the line-continuation character:

$ net stop server $ mkdir /tmp/asu_save $ tar -cvf /tmp/asu_save/asu_backup_var.tar \ /var/opt/asu/lanman $ tar -cvf /tmp/asu_save/asu_backup_etc.tar \ /etc/opt/asu/lanman

To ensure that correct file-ownership data is preserved, do not use the -o option to tar.

If a problem occurs with the upgrade, you can then run asu_rmv to remove the entire AS/U product, use SD to reinstall your current AS/U version, restore the saved configuration files--for example:

tar -xvf /tmp/asu_save/asu_backup_var.tar tar -xvf /tmp/asu_save/asu_backup_etc.tar

and then run asu_inst to complete the restoration.Note: This simple procedure is not a replacement for a comprehensive backup strategy that also includes user data files.